In a dramatic twist driven by heartbreak and control, a mother’s false bomb threat on a Biman flight grounded a plane—just to stop her son’s extramarital affair.
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| What seemed like a major aviation threat turned out to be a mother’s desperate act to stop her son’s forbidden love. RAB reveals the truth behind the bomb hoax. Image: CH |
Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 12, 2025:
It was supposed to be a routine international flight. Biman Bangladesh Airlines was preparing to lift off from Dhaka to Kathmandu, ferrying passengers across the South Asian skies. But what unfolded next was a surreal blend of personal heartbreak, national security, and one woman’s desperate cry to save her son—from love.
The aircraft, midway through pre-takeoff procedures, was jolted by a chilling alert: a phone call had been received warning that a bomb was onboard. Emergency protocols kicked in. Passengers were evacuated, the flight grounded, and security teams swept through every inch of the plane. The world, for a moment, braced for what could have been another terrifying chapter in aviation history.
But there was no bomb.
Instead, the panic had been triggered by a mother—grieving, fearful, and furious—trying to stop her son from flying away with his alleged extramarital partner.
At a press briefing on Saturday, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman unraveled the bizarre truth. A man named Emon, reportedly entangled in an illicit affair, was traveling to Kathmandu with a woman described as his “alien lover.” When his wife and mother learned of his plans, panic and desperation took hold.
Fueled by emotion, the mother borrowed information from one of Emon’s friends and made a call from an unregistered number to air traffic control. Her message: there’s a bomb on the Dhaka-Kathmandu flight.
“She wanted to stop her son from leaving with another woman,” said the RAB DG. “But what she did instead was create a national security scare.”
The RAB has since arrested three individuals involved in the plot, including the mother. Legal action is being pursued under aviation and criminal law. The false threat, though rooted in personal anguish, caused widespread disruption, shook aviation staff, and wasted national emergency resources.
While no lives were lost and the flight eventually resumed, the story has left Bangladesh stunned—a reminder of how personal despair, if left unchecked, can spill into dangerous territory. The mother’s intentions may have been driven by love, but the method she chose cast a shadow over national aviation safety and exposed how deeply family crises can ripple into public domains.
In a time when terrorism remains a constant global threat, even a false alarm is no small matter. But this one—fueled not by ideology, but by heartbreak—has left behind a very human tragedy, layered in fear, frustration, and the misguided hope that a lie could stop a love.